Salt and pepper cellar.



B. PERI.

SALT AND PEPPER CELLAR.

APPLICATION FILED mm: 21, 1911.

Patented Jan. 9, 1912.

INVENTOR I is the discharge of pepper. ,are formed in one half of the top and the EVA PERI, on sACnAmENiro, CALIFORNIA, AsszeNon. on ONE-HALF T0 sTnANn, or sAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

; STATES gPA 5 N1 OFFICE.

NAeNUs sAL'r AND PEPPER CELLAR Patented J an. 9., 1912.

T 0 all whom it may-concern:

Be it known that I, EVA PERI, a citizen of the United States, residing at Sacramento, in the county of Sacramento and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Salt and Pepper Cellars, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to improvements in salt and pepper cellars, the object of the invention being to provide a device of this' character which 'will hold both salt and pepper, but in separate compartments, and so constructed that, without the necessity of closing or opening any special apertures, either the salt'or pepper exclusively can be discharged therefrom.

' In the accompanymg drawing, Figure 1 is a vertical section of my improved device on. the line l1 of Fig. 3, certain parts being shown. in side elevation; Fig. 2 is a similar section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 4; Fig. 3 is a top'plan view of the device;

Fig. 4 is a top plan view, the cover being removed. I

Referring to the drawing, my improved salt and pepper cellar 1 has a removable top 2 formed with apertures 3 for the discharge of salt, and smaller apertures 4 for The apertures 3 apertures 4 in the other half thereof. The

" body of the cellar is cylindrical and is de -vided into two compartments 5, 6, for the salt and pepper respectively, by means of a helical web 7, the upper end of which is adjacent to a diameter of the top 2, the helix of the web having a half twist from top to bottom, so that the lower edge of said web is parallel with the upper edge thereof. The top 2 is screwed, as shown at 8, in the cellar, care being taken that the upper edge. of the web lies between the apertures 3 and the apertures 4. Extendin from the upper end of the, web downward and tangentially thereto are two guide plates 9, which are connected to the sides of the cellar except at their lower ortions, which are spaced from the wall 0 the cellar so that at the bottom of each guide plate there is formed an aperture 10.

The mode of use of the device will be readily understood from the foregoing description. The compartments of the salt cellar are supplied with salt and pepper I'OzPGCtlVBlY, and the cover 2 is then screwed in position.

When, for instance, it is de-'- sired to discharge salt therefrom, thedevice is inverted and. held at a suitable inclination so that the discharge holes 3 for the salt are lowermost. The end remote from said holes of the compartment 5 for the salt is then above the corresponding end of the compartment 6 for the pepper, and consequently there is very considerable down-' ward slope fromthe upper end of said compartment to the discharge aperture 10 thereof, while,on the other hand, there is a much smaller downward slope, or even none at all, from the corresponding end of the compartment for the pepper to its discharge aperture 10. Consequently, the salt easily flows through the aperture 10 in its compartment, while the pepper does not flow through the aperture 10 in its compartment.

By this simple construction, therefore, I provide means for holding both pepper and salt in the same container, from which either can be discharged without discharging the other, and without care or attention other than that necessary to move the container to the desired position for the proper discharge.

I claim 1. A device ofthe character described comprising a surrounding wall, a closed bottom, a top formed with apertures, and a substantially helical web or partition maktures on one side and small apertures on the other side, and a helical web making a half turn and extending from the top to the bottom of the device, the end of said web adjacent to the top large and the small holes.

3. A salt and pepper cellar having a containing wall, a bottom, a top one portion of which is formed with large holes and another portion with small holes, a helical web making a half turn and extending from the top between said portions to the bottom,

lying between the and guide lates extendingfrom the web a jacent plate being connec thesp art remote from- 5 being spaced from the charge aperture.

In testimony w the end ofi set my hand in the presence of two subto said top, each guide scribing witnesses.

ted' to the wall except at the top, and said part wall to form a dis- EVA PERI.

Witnesses W. J. FETHERSTON,

hereof I have hei'euntc CHAS. WEIGER. I 

